Garment-hanger



y 9 o. B. CARTER 1,758,932

GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 11, 192B 'INVEN OTTOBL AINE ARTE? ATTORNEYPatented May 20, 1930 PATENT; OFFICE OTTO BLAINE CARTER, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

GARMENT-HANGER Application'filed August 11, 1928. Serial No. 299,057.

porting portion of the device. A further object of this invention is toprovide a garment protecting member supported from .a crossbar mountedabove the part carrying the garment, and a still further object is toprovide 5 an improved arment hanger having a re movable covermg ofcloth, paper, or other suitable material, supported upon an upper crossmember, which latter also serves. as a handle as and for the purposehereinafter described. Y

When garments such as ladies light silk dresses and such like arecarried on the ordinary garment hanger and. when such garments are beingdisplayed and moved-about, it iscustomary to grasp'the end ofthearchshaped. member through the shoulders of the garment, with the resultthat after very little handling the garment becomes soiled and damaged.The provision of the upper crossbar in accordance with the presentinvention provides a very convenient handle by means of which the hangerand garment may be conveniently handled without danger of soiling thegarment in any way, and the provision of the flexible covering protectsthe garment from dust and at the same time insures that the'upper crossbar will be used as a handle, since the covering conceals-the upper partof the garment and itssupport from view.

lVith therabove objects in view the invenparticularly pointed out in theappended claim, it being understood that 'various changes in the form,proportions and minor details may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

spirit of the invention within the scope of 1 In the drawings, Fig. 1 isa perspective View showing one form of the hanger;

. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the hanger with the flexiblecovering-in place thereon; and t r 65 Fig; 3 is a view showing amodified form of the hanger made all in one piece-the lower cross railbeing broken away to show' the construction. A

The hanger illustrated at Figs. 1 and 2 comprises an arch-shapedshoulder-supporting member 10, a vertical piece 11 and an uppercross-bar 12, all connected together by means of a stout wire 13 whichis passed through holes in the said members, is clinched over y at itslower end at 14, and is shaped at its upper part to provide a hook 15.The member 10 may be covered with a knitted or other covering 16 of anysuitable or well known form, as indicated at Fig. 1.

The flexible cover shown at Fig. 2 consists of a single piece of fabric17 folded in two and perforated at 18 so as to pass over the hook 15 andstitched at 19 so as to'fit smoothly over theends of the upper cross-bar12. The cover 17 may be made of any suitable length so as to cover onlythe upper part of the garmerit or to completely cover the same.

The garment hanger shown at Fig. 3 is made from sheet metal stamped outto the de- 90 sired shape to form a hook 20, an upper-crossbar 21, avertical connecting part 22, an archshaped shoulder-supporting member23, and a lower cross-bar 24 for supporting folded garments, andtheparts 24, 23 and 21 are bent over or flanged so as to provide upperrounded surfaces for engagement with the garments and with the cover,and'to provide a suitable grip in the case of the member 21.

Although the drawings and the abovesaecificat' i tion conslsts 1n thenovel construction and arl Ion d Scloses two of the best modes rangementof parts hereinafter described, il-' lust'rated in the accompanyingdrawings and in which I have contemplated embodying my invention, Idesire to be in no way limited to a the details of such disclosure, forin the fur- 'ther practical application of my invention 9 manychanges inform and construction may be made as circumstances require or experiencesuggests, without departing from the the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A garment hanger of the character described comprising a hook, anarch-shaped member for receiving the shoulder part of p the garment, arigidly attached crossbar between said hook and said member, and aflexible open-ended cover carried by said cross-bar to conceal the upperpart of the garment, the side and the lower edges of said name to thisspecification.

cover being open to permit conven ent access to the garment on saidmember.

In testimony whereof I have signed my OTTO BLAINE CARTER.

